cut-off
Example Sentences
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Instead, the company takes a cut off the top of the investment return before passing along the guaranteed payment to the client.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026
She added that her son felt "cut off" from the world.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
That 15-page document said the fuel supply to the jet's engines was cut off moments before impact, raising questions about possible pilot error.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
It has been more than a decade since Iran was first cut off from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, the messaging infrastructure of the global banking system.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The brain swells, but the skull stays the same size; a swollen brain can jam itself so tightly it will cut off its own blood supply.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
